The average price for 1 ton of diesel fuel increased by 25% or $200 and totaled $1,020 during first quarter of 2008. Vano Mtvralashvili, Chairman of Georgian Union of Importers, Producers and Consumers of mineral oil, stated during the press-conference

Azerbaijani peacekeepers, withdrawn from Kosovo, have arrived Azerbaijan on 15 April. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev applied to the Parliament to withdraw the Azerbaijani peacekeepers from Kosovo. At the beginning of March, the Azerbaijani Parliament decided to withdraw the Azerbaijani peacekeepers

Rising petrol and food prices lifted New Zealand's official inflation rate to 3.4 per cent for the 12 months ending March 31, Statistics New Zealand announced Tuesday. ( dpa ) The rate was up from 3.2 per cent for 2007